What Does It All Mean?: Exploring the Dictionary
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What Does It All Mean?: Exploring the Dictionary
On view now until September 30, 2025
Rare Book Room
Central Library in Downtown Buffalo
1 Lafayette Square
Buffalo, NY 14203
See BuffaloLib.org/locations-hours/central-downtown-buffalo for hours
The influence of dictionaries is everywhere—whether one knows it or not. More than historic artifacts, dictionaries have transcended beyond the printed book as living documents that help us understand the world around us and establish shared meaning together. The current Rare Book Room exhibition, What Does It All Mean?: Exploring the Dictionary, delves into our relationship with dictionaries in the past, present, and future. Curated in collaboration with members of the Dictionary Society of North America, this exhibition highlights notable English lexicographers of the English language and explores many different types of dictionaries.
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